Ectopic eyes function without connection to brain: Experiments with tadpoles show ectopic eyes that 'see'

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 18:00 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain.

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